This book contains staff biographies and passport photographs with brief descriptions of the background and qualifications of those who served President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his administration 1953-1961; a biographical sketch of President Dwight D. Eisenhower; a chronology prepared by the White House staff; and National Geographic Magazine articles.

Eisenhower Administration Main Events / Important Dates

1953

January 1953: Neutralization of Formosa by Seventh Fleet ended.

March 5, 1953: Death of Josef Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 12, 1953: The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is created.

April 22, 1953: States given title to offshore oil.

July 27, 1953: Korean war ended with signing of armistice at Panmunjon calling for demilitarized zone and voluntary repatriation of prisoners. The 38th parallel is established as boundary between North and South Korea.

August 19-22, 1953: Leftist government of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran is ousted and replaced with regime loyal to Shah Pahlevi.

Aug.-Sept. 1953: American prisoners of war in Korea repatriated.

December 4-8, 1953: President conferred at Bermuda with prime ministers of Britain and France on exchange of atomic information.

December 8, 1953: Eisenhower delivers his Atoms For Peace speech at the United Nations proposing an international atomic energy agency and peaceful development of nuclear energy.

September 24, 1957: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to scene of violence at Little Rock, Arkansas, High School to enforce integration of Negro students who had been barred by national guardsmen as ordered by Governor Orval Faubus.

October 4, 1957: Launching of first Soviet Sputnik set off demand for greater American efforts in defense and technology.

July 15, 1958: Eisenhower orders U.S. Marines into Lebanon at the request of President Camille Chamoun.

July 29, 1958: President signed bill establishing National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

September 1958: Closing of schools in which integration had been ordered in Arkansas and Virginia.

September 2, 1958: Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act, providing loans for college students and funds to encourage young people to enter teaching careers.

November 1958 to early 1959: Khrushchev indicates that he plans to sign an early peace treaty with East Germany and he calls on the western powers to withdraw their forces from West Berlin. The Big Four meet to discuss Berlin and German reunification.